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Did one of them place an electrical generator as a waqf (endowment) for the mosque and connect electricity to the mosque's neighbors so that its revenue returns to the mosque?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There is an electrical generator that someone placed as a waqf (endowment) in a mosque. They broadcast from it and draw electrical current from it for the mosque's neighbors, and the revenue from this generator also returns to the mosque. Some of the neighbors connected wires to the satellite dishes on the roofs of their houses, so the public became angry about it. What is the ruling in this case?

Answer:
It is not permissible, it is not permissible to use the electricity for the satellite dishes that broadcast evil programs. This is aiding in falsehood. So the electricity is cut off from these satellite dishes. This is a waqf (endowment) and it is not to be used for sins. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [287 /1350] وضع أحدهم مكينة كهرباء وقفا للمسجد وإيصال الكهرباء لجيران المسجد ليعود ريعه للمسجد..؟ — youtube.com

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